English noun: organ |
1. | organ (body) a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function |
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| Broader (hypernym) | body part |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anlage, cell organ, cell organelle, clapper, comb-plate, contractile organ, contractor, crystalline lens, ctene, effector, end organ, erectile organ, external organ, foot, gland, glossa, internal organ, invertebrate foot, lens, lens of the eye, lingua, organ of speech, organelle, ovipositor, primordium, receptor, reproductive organ, secreter, secretor, secretory organ, sense organ, sensory receptor, sex organ, siphon, speech organ, stinger, sucker, syphon, taret organ, target organ, tongue, viscus, vital organ, vitals, vocal organ, wing |
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| Part holonym | lobe |
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2. | organ (group) a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function |
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| Samples | The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department.
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| Broader (hypernym) | agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office |
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3. | organ (artifact) (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ |
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| Synonyms | electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ |
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| Broader (hypernym) | electronic instrument, electronic musical instrument |
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| Domain category | music |
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4. | organ (communication) a periodical that is published by a special interest group |
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| Samples | The organ of the communist party.
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| Broader (hypernym) | periodical |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | house organ |
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5. | organ (artifact) wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
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| Synonyms | pipe organ |
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| Broader (hypernym) | keyboard instrument, wind, wind instrument |
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| Part holonym | clavier, fingerboard, foot lever, foot pedal, keyboard, organ pipe, pedal, piano keyboard, pipe, pipework, stop, treadle |
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6. | organ (artifact) a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
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| Synonyms | harmonium, reed organ |
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| Broader (hypernym) | free-reed instrument |
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